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The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of pre-service music education majors regarding participation in competitive concert and marching band events. Participants (N = 168) were undergraduate pre-service music education...
The purpose of this investigation was to understand how teachers' perceptions of how they changed during the initial years of teaching. Three middle and three high school teachers viewed thirty minutes of their internship video and...
The Effect of Performance Quality, Audio and Video Performances, Tempo, and Adjudicator Experience on Music Majors' Evaluations of String Orchestra Performances
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of presentation medium, adjudicators' performing experience on string instruments, music stimulus tempo, and performance quality on music majors' evaluations of string orchestra...
Survey of Current Attitudes Regarding a Three Part Orchestral Conducting Pedagogy Model and an Adaptation of Behavioral Principles for the Orchestral Conductor
The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold: to explore currently held attitudes regarding three aspects of conducting pedagogy and to adapt behavioral principles currently in use by music educators for the orchestral conductor. To such...
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide resources to enable scholarly performances of the 2007 choral-orchestral composition Kreek’s Notebook by Tõnu Kõrvits, one of Estonia’s most celebrated contemporary composers. Each movement...
The purpose of this study was to use the Psycho-Geometrics™ tool to measure the personality and behavior traits of instrumentalists in the traditional concert band setting in an effort to create a behavior profile for players of each...
The purpose of this project was to create an original composition for high school level band, to create a set of teaching materials specific to the composition, and to provide an analytical method for the creation of literature-specific...
The purpose of this study was to observe time use and instructional focus in the middle school beginning band and advanced band settings. The analysis included the systematic recording of teacher behavior and student performance...
Conceptual teaching requires the secondary music educator to focus their attention on musical concepts that can be used to address various technical deficiencies. This can be as simple as teaching a student how to tune independently of a...
Leonard B. Meyer proposed unique metaphysical constructs of the aesthetic experience in music in his 1956 book Emotion and Meaning in Music. These constructs posited a causal nexus for affective response to music based upon the absolute...
Since the 1940s, conducing has been a mainstay in the undergraduate instrumental music education curriculum in the United States. One of the purposes of instrumental conducting courses is to prepare students for the occupation of band...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing participation in a youth community ensemble. Participants (N=73) were student musicians, ages 7-18, who participated in a youth choir, youth orchestra, or youth band....
Musician’s hand Dystonia, or focal hand dystonia in musicians, is a devastating movement disorder that occurs in musicians after expertise had been acquired. Musician’s hand dystonia can develop in anyone but typically occurs later in...
In 1950, William F. Cramer came to Tallahassee, Florida to attend the Florida State University School of Music as a doctoral student in music education. As the 1952 fall semester was to begin, he was selected to lead the teaching efforts...
Ronald J Staheli’s contributions to choral music spanned forty years between Wichita State University (1975-1978) and Brigham Young University (1978-2015). Staheli’s desire to create beauty and the finest choral music experience for his...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of post-performance conductor behaviors (excellent versus poor) on perceived ensemble performance quality and conductor competence. This study also examined the extent to which the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of teacher performance and instrument modeling in the band classroom. Specifically, this study focused investigation on two sources of information: 1) undergraduate band...
The purpose of this study was to assess the importance of music selection criteria for middle school band directors and preservice band directors. Middle school band directors and preservice band directors (N = 101) were surveyed to...
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